Folding toilet-board.



J. L. PARKER.

FOLDING TOILET BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1910.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1910.

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' WQfWZMAJ JENNIE L. PARKER, or NEWBERG, o'nneon.

FOLDING TOILET-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled June 15, 1910. Serial No. 567,020.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE L. PAR ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newberg, in the county of Yamhill and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Toilet-- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for portable dry closets. I

One object of the present invent-ion is to provide a seat ring adapted to be applied to the ordinary chamber, and particularly for the use of children.

Another object is to provide an attachment for chambers, consisting of a folding ring which is hingedly connected, and a protecting means to cover the hinges, to prevent injury to the users.

A still further object is to provide a seat ring for the purpose described, which is readily foldable and which may be carried in a satchel or hand bag.

With these and other objects in View, the

. invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, but it will be understood that changes in the specific structure may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spiritof the invention. 7

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chamber of ordinary construction, with my invention applied, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one form of the seat ring, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modification of the seat ring, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the seat ring in folded position, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 2, Fig. 8 is a similar view to Fig. 7, showing a modified method of attaching the protectors over the hinges.

Referring particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that the invention comprises a seat ring having the two sections 10 and 11 hingedly connected together at 12. In the form shown in Fig. 2 the ring is of circular configuration, but the form in Fig. 3 is as applicable to the ordinary chamber as the first one.

The lower face of each of the sections 10 and 11 has secured thereto the rubber blocks 13, which are adapted to engage the upper face of the flange of the chamber, to prevent incident noise of the contacting of the ring with the chamber, and to frictionally hold the ring from slipping therefrom.

painful to sit on the hinges 12, I have provided the protectors 14 to cover the said hinges.

The form of protector as shown in Figs.

3 and 5, comprises ,a strip of fabric, such 1 as felt, or other material of suitable thickness -15,--which is attached at one of its ends 16 to the section 10 of the ring, and is doubled over on itself as at 17 in the direction of the section 11, and providedwith the socket member 18 of a snap fastener. The head 19 of the snap fastener is secured to a piece of similar fabric which is attached to the section of the ring 11, and when the two parts of the fastener have been engaged the fabric extends over the hinges, thus ef- Pa-te'nted Jan. 23, 1 912.

i As it would be inconvenient as well as fectively protecting the parts of the user I from injury. V

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 7, the fabric is formed into a loop 20, at one end and slidably disposed on the ring, and

adapted to be slipped over the hinge when it is desired to use the device. The strip of fabric is of a uniform width in the portion 21, and has its end portion 22 widened, so that the strip may be wound around the ring over the hinge to bring the widened portion on top. The fact that the portion of the strip is narrow where it engages the inner and outer edges of the ring enables it to be drawn tighter. The strip serves the double purpose of protecting the parts of the user, and prevents any collection of matter in cracks between the sections of the ring and also in the hinge, thus providing a clean and sanitary device of the kind, besides providing a comfortable seat.

The protector as shown in Fig. 7, is also provided with a snap fastener 23, so that the strip may be secured in position when wound around the ring.

A further modification of the protector is shown in Fig. 8, in which I provide the elastic strips 24, having on one end the head.

said strip is a piece of suitable soft fabric 25, which when the elastic strip is secured in place will be positioned on top of the hinge.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided a simple, cheap, and etficient device of this character, and one which is easily applied to the ordinary chamber, and can be conveniently carried around in a small satchel or hand-bag; also the device is clean, comfortable, and sanitary, the protectors preventing the collection of matter in the cracks, which would in time breed disease germs.

VVh'at is claimed is: A portable dry closet attachment comprising a seat ring formed of sections hinged together, protector elements provided with ring and loop and removably attached to the adjacent portion of the protector, and means on the said free ends for engagement With means on the loops for holding the protectors in position.

in the presence of two Witnesses.

JENNIE L. PARKER.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

Witnesses ANDREW WINsLoW, IONE KILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

